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What can be the possible causes of low water pressure in a house? My shower is weak, my toilets lack flishing power. About the only things that work well are the sinks, they seem to be ok. I'd like to fix it myself because.

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What can be the possible causes of low water pressure in a house? My shower is weak, my toilets lack flishing power. About the only things that work well are the sinks, they seem to be ok. I'd like to fix it myself because.

Are you on well or municipal water?

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What can be the possible causes of low water pressure in a house? My shower is weak, my toilets lack flishing power. About the only things that work well are the sinks, they seem to be ok. I'd like to fix it myself because.

Shower head plugged with mineral deposits. Toilets have there own reservoir, and as long as it's full water pressure is irreverent.

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Shower head plugged with mineral deposits. Toilets have there own reservoir, and as long as it's full water pressure is irreverent.

Sounds about right. I would get some CLR for the shower head.

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What can be the possible causes of low water pressure in a house? My shower is weak, my toilets lack flishing power. About the only things that work well are the sinks, they seem to be ok. I'd like to fix it myself because.

 

Are the symptoms consistent on the same waterlines? How old is the house? How old are the pipes? How many runs do you have from the basement? Is the issue the same for hot & cold? Has this been happening all the time, or is this a new phenomenon?

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What can be the possible causes of low water pressure in a house? My shower is weak, my toilets lack flishing power. About the only things that work well are the sinks, they seem to be ok. I'd like to fix it myself because.

 

 

If it turns out to be a huge hassle to fix, you may want to try one of these shower heads:

 

http://www.takeashower.com/heads.php?id=spa

 

http://www.highpressureshowerheads.com/

 

And you could try something like this in the toilet:

 

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002IYHSRE/?tag=r...photograpag1-20

 

or this:

 

http://www.amazon.com/Sloan-Toilet-Tank-Fl...e/dp/B00068YBL0

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Shower head plugged with mineral deposits. Toilets have there own reservoir, and as long as it's full water pressure is irreverent.

irrelevant too

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If it turns out to be a huge hassle to fix, you may want to try one of these shower heads:

 

http://www.takeashower.com/heads.php?id=spa

 

http://www.highpressureshowerheads.com/

 

And you could try something like this in the toilet:

 

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002IYHSRE/?tag=r...photograpag1-20

 

or this:

 

http://www.amazon.com/Sloan-Toilet-Tank-Fl...e/dp/B00068YBL0

 

I HIGHLY recommend the Large Ultimate from highpressureshowerheads.com. I was on a never ending search to feel like I was taking a real shower and went through about 4 different heads before I came across this. Pop the flow restrictor out of it and it's heaven.

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Oh good, a useful spelling correction.

Well, it was somewhat useful. Irreverent is a completely different word, so Joe's absence here might be due to him preaching fire and brimstone to his plumbing rather than fixing it properly.

 

:pirate::lol:

 

(I keed, Joe, I keed!)

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What can be the possible causes of low water pressure in a house? My shower is weak, my toilets lack flishing power. About the only things that work well are the sinks, they seem to be ok. I'd like to fix it myself because.

flishing?

 

Are the tub and shower in the same bathroom? What floor are they on? If you're getting low water pressure at multiple points, it's not scale building-up in the shower head.

 

Are you getting low pressure all fixtures?

 

Did it just start happening, or has it gradually gotten worse? Is it the same all the time or does it vary based on time of day?

 

Could be anything ... check the valves at the water meter and hot water tank and make sure that they are fully open.

 

Could be a water main break or leak ... check with the municipal water department. We recently had intermittent low pressure from a leaking main in our neighborhood ... they didn't find until until the main gave way.

 

Look for sources of galvanic corrosion (ie; going from steel to copper pipe without using a dielectric connector).

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Are the symptoms consistent on the same waterlines? How old is the house? How old are the pipes? How many runs do you have from the basement? Is the issue the same for hot & cold? Has this been happening all the time, or is this a new phenomenon?

House is 10 years old. The toilets, I think, are just crappy quality and need to be replaced. I think I'll look into replacing the shower head this weekend. I'll report if and when I have any results.

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Well, it was somewhat useful. Irreverent is a completely different word, so Joe's absence here might be due to him preaching fire and brimstone to his plumbing rather than fixing it properly.

 

:pirate::D

 

(I keed, Joe, I keed!)

 

 

I'm wishing for some divine intervention :lol:

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I had the same issue. Lo & behold the water pressure regulator (of all things :wallbash: ) needed to be replaced.

 

I'm not sure if all houses have a a wp regulator (house is 15 yrs old), but it's propbably worth looking. In GA, they're usually in the garage, close to where the waterline enters the house & by the main cut off valve. In yar there northern states, I'd expect it to be in the basement somewhere.

 

Also, get a simple pressure guage that attaches to a hose spigot. That will immediately tell you if the problem is systematic or localized.

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